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KoKo

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Sun Feb-04-07 03:58 PM
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Did anyone see this and like it?

Edited on Sun Feb-04-07 03:59 PM by KoKo01

What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)
What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole Directed by
William Arntz
Betsy Chasse
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Genre: Documentary / Drama (more)

Plot Outline: Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a mute photographer (Matlin) are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality. (view trailer)

User Comments: Idiotic. (more)

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sakabatou

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:01 PM
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1. Yeah

It was ok.

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Call Me Wesley

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:11 PM
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2. Five minutes of it.

Then I changed happily to Ren and Stimpy, where I found reality again.

In my opinion, it's a PR piece for a little sect, and if someone has no, absolutely no clue about Quantum physics, it might be fascinating as well as misleading. It's pure pseudoscience, but heck, it all leads to Ramtha, the Lemurian warrior. He's a good looking guy I heard, for an Atlantian.

:thumbsdown:

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ghostsofgiants

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:13 PM
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3. Skeptic's Dictionary has a good entry on Ramtha/What The Bleep...

Edited on Sun Feb-04-07 04:14 PM by primate1

http://skepdic.com/ramtha.html

"Quantum physics and neuroscience are complex and controversial topics. The film discusses them in twenty-second sound bites mixed with cutting edge graphics. The effect is a blend of riveted attention and confusion that puts the critical mind to sleep, softening up the viewer to ideas that begin with human potential and end with walking on water."

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Call Me Wesley

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:19 PM
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4. I don't remember it exactly,

and I won't review the movie again, but within five minutes there was a statement about quantum physics that was just so wrong I couldn't go any further. If I insulted Ramtha with this, I apologize deeply.

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ghostsofgiants

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:21 PM
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5. Haha, more from the dictionary...

"Knight not only has rewritten the book on neurology, she has also rewritten the book on archaeology and history. The world was not at all like the scholars of the world say it was 35,000 years ago. We were not primitive hunters and gatherers who liked to paint in caves. No, there were very advanced civilizations around then. It doesn't matter that there is no evidence for this, because Knight has rewritten the book of evidence as well."

It's definitely not a favourable article, haha.

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Call Me Wesley

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:26 PM
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6. You mean

there was no Evolution but Devolution? Where was Ramtha then? Huh? Xenu? Xenu?? Anyone?

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Shine

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Sun Feb-04-07 04:31 PM
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7. Yeah, we saw it and liked it.

I don't know how accurate the science part was, but I found the discussion about human consciousness to be very fascinating. The Ramtha part doesn't bother me as much as others, I guess.

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KoKo

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Sun Feb-04-07 05:27 PM
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8. The reviews I read were pretty negative on the "science" but

"spiritualists" seemed to think the first one..."What the Bleep" was kind of empowering to their psychies.

I just wondered what DU'ers who saw it thought because we are a pretty discriminating, critical bunch. :D Sometimes overly so, though.

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